Are you interested in tutoring a middle
or high school student in
math or science? How about offering some
hands-on computer technology
expertise? The Southeastern Michigan
Math-Science Learning Coalition
has students and teachers in Detroit,
Pontiac, Ann Arbor and
Ypsilanti who need your help.

Funded by the
National Science Foundation and coordinated through
the U-M Center for
Ultrafast Optical Science, the Math-Science
Learning Coalition brings
together university, business, community
and government resources to
promote science literacy for children and
teens. Last year, the
coalition's work was limited to the Ann
Arbor/Ypsilanti area. Beginning
this month, the program will expand
to include Detroit and Pontiac schools
and community
organizations.

Using its World Wide Web site on the
Internet, the coalition also
distributes instructions for simple science
lessons and experiments,
a list of volunteers called "wandering wizards"
who will give
hands-on science demonstrations to school
groups.

Coalition coordinator Jeannine LaSo-vage is looking for
more
volunteers for the 1996-97 academic year. Contact her at 763-4918
or
e-mail at lasovage@umich.edu. The Math-Science Learning Coalition's
web
site is
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/mathscience/.